Finding new treatments for diseases where angiogenesis is insufficient such as ischemic stroke, wound healing and pulp regeneration. (R-11389)

Annelies Bronckaers obtained her degree of Master in Biological sciences (2004) at the KULeuven, Belgium. In 2009, she received her PhD at the Rega Institute ( KULeuven) where she studied the role of thymidine phosphorylase inhibitors in angiogenesis and tumour progression. From 2009 until 2016, Annelies Bronckaers had a postdoc position at the UHasselt, where she focussed her research on the application of dental stem cells to improve angiogenesis and dental tissue regeneration. Since the 1st of October 2017, she has a tenure track position at Hasselt University and her own research team. The main research effort of her group is to find new treatments for diseases where angiogenesis is insufficient such as ischemic stroke, wound healing and pulp regeneration. These new therapies include low-frequency magnetic field stimulation, stem cells and nanoparticles. Another key interest of her group is using new 3D culture techniques for dental stem cells. Her group disposes of a wide variety of techniques such as in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis assays, life cell imaging, transmission electron microscopy, flow cytometry, qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry.

Keywords:Stem cells, Angiogenesis, blood vessel formation, dental tissue regeneration, Ischemic stroke

Disciplines:Developmental genetics, Dentistry not elsewhere classified, Developmental biology, Genetics, Behavioural neuroscience, Respiratory medicine